Jeremiah 18:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

These people have dug pits and set traps for me, LORD. Make them scream in fear when you send enemy troops to attack their homes.

Cross References

Psalm 119:85

Those proud people reject your teachings, and they dig pits for me to fall in.

Psalm 140:5

Those proud people have hidden traps and nets to catch me as I walk.

Psalm 140:6

You, LORD, are my God! Please listen to my prayer.

Psalm 142:4

Even if you look, you won't see anyone who cares enough to walk beside me. There is no place to hide, and no one who really cares.

Psalm 38:12

All who want me dead set traps to catch me, and those who want to harm and destroy me plan and plot all day.

Isaiah 10:30

Loud crying can be heard in the towns of Gallim, Laishah, and sorrowful Anathoth.

Jeremiah 18:20

I tried to help them, but they are paying me back by digging a pit to trap me. I even begged you not to punish them.

Jeremiah 20:10

I heard the crowds whisper, “Everyone is afraid. Now's our chance to accuse Jeremiah!” All of my so called friends are just waiting for me to make a mistake. They say, “Perhaps Jeremiah can be tricked. Then we can overpower him and get even at last.”

Jeremiah 20:16

May that man be like the towns you destroyed without pity. Let him hear shouts of alarm in the morning and battle cries at midday.

Jeremiah 4:31

I heard groaning and crying. Was it a woman giving birth to her first child? No, it was Jerusalem. She was gasping for breath and begging for help. “I'm dying!” she said. “They have murdered me.”

Jeremiah 5:26

A hunter traps birds and puts them in a cage, but some of you trap humans and make them your slaves. You are evil, and you lie and cheat to make yourselves rich. You are powerful

Jeremiah 6:26

and attacks without warning. So mourn, my people, as though your only child had died. Wear clothes made of sackcloth and roll in the ash heap.”

Zephaniah 1:16

of trumpet calls and battle cries against fortified cities and mighty fortresses.

Matthew 22:15

The Pharisees got together and planned how they could trick Jesus into saying something wrong.